Nipper activities are likely to be “significantly disrupted” this season, as surf lifesaving clubs make drastic changes to children’s water safety programs to comply with COVID-19 restrictions | smh_andrew
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“We spend a lot of time at the beach and feel it is very important for our children to be safe in the ocean and its surrounds,” she said. “Our thinking is that our younger children need their parents close by and the ‘no parents’ rule elevates other risk factors for this group,” he said. Mr Hawkins said there would also be changes to the way CPR and rescue techniques were taught, with more use of dummies but no breathing on them: "However, we are still training lifesavers to rescue so we need to do some team training for CPR and [defibrillator] as they need to know if the real scenario occurs."
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